Waste and Recycling Information

Page Updated: September 17, 2008

Waste Wise = reuse, recycle, compost

Be Waste Wise Being waste wise is everyone’s responsibility. Separating your waste helps us look after natural resources and Warringah’s environment. Being waste wise means reusing, recycling, composting and disposing of your waste so we can reduce the amount going to landfill.

Paper recycling Your Waste and Recycling Guide will help you understand and make the most of all waste and recycling services. Throughout the guide, local residents and Council staff give useful tips on being waste wise. Being waste wise is easy - so let’s work together to make a difference.

Tips on How to Recycle

What Happens to Your Recycling?

Recycle Your paper and cardboard, aluminium, steel, plastic and glass containers are sorted and separated by people and machinery. They are then taken for reprocessing into new products.

Your recycling makes stuff (PDF, 1.4MB)

Vegetation Waste

Vegetation recycling Council collects vegetation waste once a month. It is taken to Kimbriki, recycled into mulch and compost then sold. Check your Waste Collection Calendar for dates. Warringah residents can also take up to 200kg of vegetation to Kimbriki for free disposal.

Curbside Vegetation Collection (PDF, 496KB)

Composting and Worm Farming at Home

Compost your garden waste and food scraps Organic waste comprises 40-50% of the waste in our garbage bins. Instead of sending this waste to landfill turn it into valuable compost, mulch and natural fertiliser for your garden and plants.

Composting Steps (PDF, 341KB)

Easy Composting Guide (PDF, 561KB)

Wormfarming Steps (PDF, 213KB)

Wormfarming Tips (PDF, 118KB)

Save on Food Costs

On average, Australians throw away one in every five bags of shopping they buy. Food waste accounts for 40% of garbage that goes to landfill. This produces greenhouses gases and leachate - both of which are bad for the environment. For more information on how to reduce waste and save up to $25 in every $100 you spend on groceries click on the link.

General Clean Up and Metal Collections

Metal Clean Up Council conducts two Clean Up and Metal Recycling collections each year to help residents get rid of unwanted items. Apart from metals all items collected go to landfill. Being waste wise means sorting unwanted items into what could be sold, recycled or given away before putting them out for collection. It is important to put items out the weekend before the collection date - any earlier and you could be fined for dumping.

Fridge Buyback

Warringah residents who have a working second fridge they no longer need can recieve a $35 rebate by contacting Fridge Buyback on 1800 708 401 or visiting www.fridgebuyback.com.au. Rebates will be given for fridges that are 250 litres or more, 10 or more years old and where six or less stairs are involved. Properties with 21 or more stairs may incur a fee. Residents participating in Fridge Buyback will avoid over $24 million in electricity bills and help reduce over 150,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next three years. Fridge Buyback is an energy efficiency program supported by the NSW Government’s Climate Change Fund.

Chemical CleanOut

Chemical waste includes paint and paint related products Warringah Council, with the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change is holding a FREE household Chemical Collection on the weekend of

20-21 September from 9am to 3.30pm. Unwanted chemical waste can be dropped off at Warringah Aquatic Centre carpark, Aquatic Drive, Frenchs Forest. Chemical waste includes:

paint and paint related products,
pesticides and herbicides,
solvents and household cleaners,
motor oils and fuels,
batteries and gas bottles,
fire extinguishers and pool chemicals
fluorescent tubes

Electronic Waste Collection

Council is holding a free household e-waste collection 9am to 4pm Saturday October 18 and Sunday October 19. Unwanted electronic products can be dropped off at Warringah Aquatic Centre carpark, Aquatic Drive, Frenchs Forest. E-waste includes computer equipment, printers, mobile phones, toners, cartridges, telephones, electronic games and toys, DVDs, digital cameras and video cameras. Electronic products contain metal, glass and plastic that can be reused and recycled, reducing the amount of waste which goes to landfill. The e-waste collection is sponsored by Apple Pty Ltd.